Which one is better Quad core or Duo Core?

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tigger7304

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I am looking to buy a laptop and I have designed a couple at HP and Dell. They are pretty much the same all around except for the processor. Maybe a difference of about $100.

One has Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 3MB Cache/ 2.13GHz/1066Mhz FSB.

The other has Intel Core i7-720 QM6MB Cache/ 1.6Ghz /1333Mhz FSB.

Which one will be better for overall performance/speed?

Thank you in advance for any input.
 
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linkin

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Get the second one, it will blow the other one away.

Core 2 Duo is getting old now, Core i7 is the latest and greatest!

Some more specs would help, such as memory, graphics, hard drive and so on.
 
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tigger7304

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Linkin, thank you for the input. Always good to have others opinion on this as I am not most computer savy person. I know my way around, but look to others when it comes to the "guts" and what is best.

Both have 4 GB DDR3

i7 has 1 GB Nvidia GeForce and a 250GB HD at 7200 RPM and a Blu ray

Duo core has 512MB Radeon and 320GB HD at 7200 RPM.

I thought the one with the i7 would be better just wasn't sure when I looked at 1.6 Ghz compared to 2.1 Ghz.
 
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Jamin43

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tigger7304 said:
The other has Intel Core i7-720 QM6MB Cache/ 1.6Ghz /1333Mhz FSB.

Which one will be better for overall performance/speed?
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fedochinni

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i7-720QM is in a whole different league to the c2d. The i7 would compare in terms of c2d to a 3.06GHz. Thats how good it is. Normally the laptops that have this processor are really good. The alienware, Studio XPS 16 (personal fav & proud owner of one) & HP Pavillion
 
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Aastii

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which nvidia geforce and which ATi Radeon? Careful they aren't saying "look!!! epic CPUs!!" but putting some heap of junk GPU in that will bottleneck in games or graphics
 
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bengal85

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i7s are the best thing on the current market as they should be there speed and performance blows everything else away
 
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